As cover crops have increased in popularity, farmers are finding creative ways to plant them. For many farmers that has meant finding a way to get a seeder box onto […] Read more
Tillage tools quickly becoming seeding tools
There are now many options to add cover crop seeding boxes to tillage equipment
Planter power becoming a challenge for customizers
Adding more and more tech to planters is stretching the limits of hydraulic systems
Planters are larger and more complex, as precision control systems bump up power requirements – often beyond what tractors can handle. That’s meant planter makers and customizers have had to […] Read more
New AFS Connect Magnum tractor launches at London show
The new Case IH tractor aims to increase data connectivity, with more farmer control
Case IH launched its new AFS Connect Magnum tractor at the London Farm Show in early March with comfort and serviceability upgrades and more farmer-controlled integration to cloud-based data storage […] Read more
Kicking antibiotics out of the dairy barn
Contrary to popular belief, reducing antibiotic use has not resulted in lower returns to producers
It has been 68 months — and counting — since a cow in the milking herd at Rosy-Lane Holsteins LLC near Watertown, WI, was treated with antibiotics. The owners are […] Read more
Editorial: The gaping difference
We’ve known for years that there’s a gaping chasm between the world view of some urbanites and the people who have made it their vocation to care for animals. Luckily […] Read more
Ontario beef market stabilizing
Cow numbers have stopped their decline and beef price spread with the U.S. is shrinking
Kevin Grier had some good news for a change for beef farmers at their recent annual meeting. Canadians are continuing to consume beef, while paying high prices for that meat. […] Read more
New rural caucus chair provides voice of the countryside to government
Francis Drouin lauds the recent appointment of a rural economic development minister
Expanded internet access, solving rural labour issues along with rural infrastructure problems are priorities for the new chair of the Liberal rural caucus. Francis Drouin, the Member of Parliament (MP) […] Read more
Opinion: Check-off fund increases always a challenge
There’s little that gets people as excited in farm country as a check-off increase. The extra $1.50 that was approved by the delegates to Ontario Beef Farmers’ annual meeting recently […] Read more
The repercussions of a $1.50 beef check-off increase
A proposal that failed last year to boost marketing funds passed at this year’s BFO annual meeting
Beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in check-off per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. The move has been closely watched by other […] Read more
DON corn testing: A new era begins
After a disastrous vomitoxin outbreak, the Ontario Corn Committee is implementing a testing program that farmers have wanted for years. But will companies participate?
Ontario corn farmers have been relying on their own observations and those of their neighbours along with scant information from corn companies to make hybrid selections that lower their risk […] Read more